Black River Local

Black River Local (OH) serves students across three schools: Black River Education Center Elementary School (PK–5), Black River Education Center Middle School (6–8), and Black River High School (7–12), with listed enrollments of 443, 153, and 339. The Black River Local district ranks 369th of 773 Ohio districts — the 52nd percentile, 3 stars.

The middle school has the strongest current academic profile at 67th percentile and 3 stars, well above the district. Its 8th-grade results are far above state in science (+25.4 points), math (+22.6), and English language arts (+24.8), and its Algebra I end-of-course score is 100%, though small test groups can make such figures volatile. It also has the lowest student-teacher ratio (10.9) and the highest per-student spending ($11,953), but it is uneven: 6th- and 7th-grade math fall below state, and its chronic absenteeism, 17.0%, is the district's highest. The high school reports a 100% graduation rate and sits at 52nd percentile with 3 stars; government, history, and English II are above state, but Biology is 10.7 points below state, and several end-of-course scores dropped sharply from the prior year. The elementary school is the largest, ranks lowest at 45th percentile and 2 stars, has the highest student-teacher ratio (19.2) and lowest spending ($9,564), with 4th-grade results above state but 5th-grade math and ELA below it.

Absenteeism is a district-wide challenge, near or above 15.5% at all three schools. The shared district rating also hides real differences: school-level percentiles run from 45% at the elementary to 67% at the middle. The clearest areas to watch are 5th-grade ELA and math, middle-school 6th/7th-grade math and attendance, and high school Biology.